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An exclusion zone is still in place and the coastguard warned beachcombers not to go searching for souvenirs.

Ian Taylor, deputy station coastguard officer, said: "The main danger at the moment is that all the debris has nails in it. Some of them are six inch nails and they could easily go into someone's foot.

"Parents should be warning their children and keeping them out of the water and the debris.

"We have lifeboats bringing in barrels from the bar as they will become a hazard to shipping in the Bristol Channel.

"The debris will continue to spread along the beach and to stop people from walking out in it they would have to close the whole beach."

Other hazards included propane canisters ripped open as they exploded in the heat.

Steven Makin, a North Somerset Council spokesman, said: "An exclusion zone has been set up 50 metres each side of the pier to stop swimmers from getting too close.

"The coastguard and hovercraft team is patrolling the area around the pier to make sure no one in the water strays too near it."